Sorting Files While Using readdir()

[TWTCommish]

You saw the subject. I'm reading a directory's contents with readdir(), and need to sort the file-names alphabetically, if that's possible.

Any simple way to do this?

[freakysid]

Check out the code in this thread (particualry freddydoesphp's code and my posts.

http://www.sitepointforums.com/showt...5&pagenumber=2

[freddydoesphp]

Chris that thread maybe overkill for what you need, so here is a basic exmaple, you probably won't even need to sort them since the directoy is listed in alphabetical order already and so your array shouldalreay be alphabetized, but I threw it in for extra care. BTW use dir() instead of readdir() like I did.

<?
$dir = dir(".");
while($file = $dir->read()) {
    if (($file != ".") && ($file != "..")) {
        $files[] = $file;
        }
    }
sort($files);
foreach($files as $key => $val) {
    print "$val<br>";
    }
?>

[TWTCommish]

My mistake -- I am using dir(), and then readdir(), I think. I dunno, I'm confused.

Thanks for your help, both Louie and Sid. I think I'm going to work-around this with SQL -- much easier for me in the long-run, but I am definintely going to save that code Freddy -- I'm sure it will come in handy.

You the man - thanks!

[freakysid]

Hi, sorry, I just linked to that thread because I was literally heading off to bed and was too lazy to think straight